I'm a little resigned to the SOD issue never being fixed but it would be nice if the Kobo could be made to boot faster.
As to SOD I came across this nugget:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki...Sleep_of_Death
I'm not ready (time and experience) to mess around with my Kobo to that extent so I offer it to those more curious.
I've also seen suggestions that CPU downclocking during sleep can be too aggressive. I plan to dig around for something that might allow me to log/check the CPU speeds on Android.